This youth-led community event is FREE and open to the general public event. This "Summer Youth Social Powwow" event aims to foster community relations, youth literacy, cultural exchange with a powwow and provide local community resources at Trickster Cultural Center.
The 2025 "All My Relations: Pride Celebration" would like to honor diversity through Native drum and dance, various artists, resource exchanges, and vendor fair at Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg, IL.
Join us for a discussion with architects working on material logistics and mutual aid networks during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This program is hosted in collaboration with the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine which is currently on view at the CAC through September 1, 2025. The second exhibition of this work in the United States after […]
Join author Jaroslaw Martynuik at the Ukrainian National Museum, June 13 at 6:30pm for a presentation and signing of his latest book, Paris to Pamirs: Eurasian Odysseys. Paris to Pamirs is a sequel to Monte Rosa: Memoir of an Accidental Spy, a volume that documented the author’s life from WWII to his years in Paris, […]
Join us at Kennedy-King College for a screening of Beyond Closure (2024) and a panel discussion on community responses to Chicago’s 2013 school closures. The documentary Beyond Closure (2024) by On The Real Film and Borderless Studio recalls the history of Chicago’s 2013 school closures—the largest mass closure in U.S. history—and shares inspirational stories […]
Stitching Stories: The First Thread is a pop-up exhibition that brings together Asian and Black artists whose works explore cultural exchange, storytelling, and visions of shared futures through textile arts. This exhibition marks an inaugural step toward building a coalition of artists and community members committed to cross-cultural connection and solidarity. The project grew out of […]
Feiern Sie mit uns! Our monthly Open Haus Stammtisch is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a little Gemütlichkeit over some delicious German food and drink! Theme TBD Food and drink will be available for purchase. Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison
About this event Event lasts 2 hours ALL AGES Free venue parking Stitching Stories: The First Thread is a pop-up exhibition that brings together Asian and Black artists whose works explore cultural exchange, storytelling, and visions of shared futures through textile arts. This exhibition marks an inaugural step toward building a coalition of artists and community […]
Join us for a moderated community conversation exploring how artists of South Asia and the diaspora navigate careers at the intersection of art and disability. This event invites participants into a community-building experience that highlights the resilience of artists with disabilities working in creative fields that are often not designed with accessibility in mind. Together, […]
Join us for a virtual discussion for the closing of the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine. This program is hosted in collaboration with the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine which is currently on view at the CAC through September 1, 2025. This panel, the closing event of the public programming for the Constructing Hope: Ukraine exhibition, will feature speakers […]
Join us this July for a cozy evening of cider tasting in the 6th Floor Skyline Lounge at the DANK Haus. Sample a variety of traditional and modern ciders while enjoying a relaxed atmosphere and scenic views of Lincoln Square and beyond. Whether you're a cider lover or just in it for good vibes and good company, […]
Feiern Sie mit uns! Our monthly Open Haus Stammtisch is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a little Gemütlichkeit over some delicious German food and drink! Theme TBD Food and drink will be available for purchase. Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison
Author, television producer, and former Chicago Sun-Times journalist Thomas Maier visits the American Writers Museum to discuss his new book The Invisible Spy. It is the untold WWII story of Ernest Cuneo, a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill's undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the […]
Join us for a virtual discussion for the closing of the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine. This program is hosted in collaboration with the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine which is currently on view at the CAC through September 1, 2025. Free with Advanced Registration This panel, the closing event of the public programming for the Constructing Hope: […]
Join us for the third quarterly Design News Roundtable, a space for freewheeling conversation with architects, designers, preservationists and community leaders dissecting built environment news of note. Our tapped-in panelists will scour the headlines and opine on recent design, development and planning news across the Midwest and their lessons for Chicago. Brush up on the […]
Feiern Sie mit uns! Our monthly Open Haus Stammtisch is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a little Gemütlichkeit over some delicious German food and drink! Theme TBD Food and drink will be available for purchase. Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison
Don’t miss an evening with John Ronan, FAIA, founding principal at internationally-recognized John Ronan Architects, as he reflects on his firm’s design approach and studio culture, and vital practice in Chicago and beyond. CAC President & CEO Eleanor Gorski joins John in conversation following the lecture. Many will know John for his firm’s widely published, […]
Despite James Baldwin’s disavowal of Christianity in his youth, he continued to engage the symbols and theology of Christianity in works such as The Amen Corner, Just Above My Head, and others. With his new book Jimmy’s Faith: James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion, author Christopher W. Hunt shows how Baldwin’s usage of those religious symbols both shifted […]
Join us for a conversation with international architects as they reflect on the amazing breadth of contemporary architecture in the Americas and the pronounced impact of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) on diverse stakeholders and communities of practice. Inspired by the exhibition, The Prize is the Beginning, on view at the Chicago Architecture […]
Feiern Sie mit uns! Our monthly Open Haus Stammtisch is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a little Gemütlichkeit over some delicious German food and drink! Theme TBD Food and drink will be available for purchase. Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison